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Show IGNORANCE COSTLY A Story of $200-Bills Trips Up Gambler It was not the first case where unfamiliarity with big money had tripped up an individual who was attempting to finagle with it, but navy petty officer James G. ,Strat-ton. ,Strat-ton. New York, might have made his story stick had he known more about money when he reported to police he'd been robbed. He said a tall, thin, mustachioed man held a knife to his back and took $31,500 from him while he and spectators stood helpless to do anything. The robbery, Stratton told police occurred on a Grand Central subway sub-way platform. He even showed officers of-ficers where the holdup man's knife had cut his shirt and undershirt. under-shirt. Then it all came out He had lost all of the S31.500 but $500 in gambling while his wife thought he had it safely stored away. |